Clarkson: Ego kept me in marriage with ex.

Kelly Clarkson Opens Up About Divorce and Ego

Grammy Award-winning recording artist Kelly Clarkson recently discussed the dissolution of her almost seven-year marriage on Glennon Doyle’s “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast. The talk show host revealed that her ego played a role in prolonging the inevitable end of her relationship with Brandon Blackstock.

“I’m like, ‘I can do this. I can handle so much.’ My ego is like, ‘I can control my actions. I can control my reactions. I can do this and I can reach this person and I can get through,’” the “Stronger” singer told Doyle. “It becomes a little bit of your ego that gets in the way.”

Clarkson filed for divorce from Blackstock in June 2020, and the former couple shares joint custody of their children, daughter River Rose, 9, and son Remy, 7. Despite not wanting their children to grow up with divorced parents, Clarkson and Blackstone ultimately decided to end their marriage.

“We don’t want to do what we saw done,” she said. “I’m like, ‘I don’t want my kids to be those kids at school.’”

Clarkson also talked about how her relationship with Blackstock was her only serious romance.

“I literally was like basically single until like 30 … I just mean like, real relationships, it’s really only him,” she told Doyle. “I’m pretty good at rocking life like a loner.”

Now that she is single again, Clarkson is enjoying the freedom and independence that comes with it.

“Sometimes it’s nice just to be alone and just in your own world and experiencing your own bliss,” she said.

Clarkson’s decision to divorce was not an overnight one, and she wanted to make her marriage work. However, sometimes things just don’t work out.

“I wanted to make it beautiful. I wanted to make it awesome. I wanted to make it everything it possibly could be, and sometimes that just doesn’t happen.”

Clarkson’s honesty and vulnerability about her divorce and ego serve as a reminder that even successful and talented individuals face challenges in their personal lives.